JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>JAMESON</strong> <strong>DUBLIN</strong> <strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> <strong>FESTIVAL</strong> 2014<br />
GABRIELLE<br />
Louise Archambault’s smart and refreshing debut<br />
feature Familia marked the arrival of an extraordinary<br />
new talent in Canadian film. Gabrielle is a stunning,<br />
tender film about a developmentally challenged<br />
young woman’s quest for independence and sexual<br />
freedom.<br />
‘Delightful newcomer Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, who actually<br />
has Williams syndrome and plays a semi-autobiographical<br />
role, is a natural’ The Hollywood Reporter<br />
Sat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 4.45pm / 104 minutes<br />
Writer-director: Louise Archambault 2013 Canada<br />
Cast: Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Alexandre Landry, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin<br />
Winner, Audience Award, Locarno Film Festival<br />
Living in a group home, musically talented Gabrielle<br />
(Gabrielle Marion-Rivard) has found love in Martin<br />
(Alexandre Landry), a fellow member in a choir<br />
for developmentally disabled adults. Gabrielle and<br />
Martin want to explore their feelings for one another<br />
physically, but are not allowed. Convinced that living<br />
alone will allow her to have the intimate relationship<br />
she so desperately craves, Gabrielle tries valiantly to<br />
prove she can be independent.<br />
As she did with Familia, Archambault displays her<br />
ability to distil the emotional currents of families at<br />
a crossroads. At the core of this film is the heartfelt<br />
performance by Marion-Rivard (who has Williams<br />
Syndrome in real life). Produced by the team<br />
behind Incendies and Monsieur Lazhar, Gabrielle<br />
is a captivating film about tolerance and finding<br />
happiness, but, above all, it is a story of love.<br />
Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo<br />
Toronto International Film festival<br />
CONCRETE NIGHT<br />
BETONIYÖ<br />
Stunning to look at and chilling at its core, Concrete<br />
Night is a tale of innocence lost. Made by a Finnish<br />
director, Pirjo Honkasalo, at work since the 60s, it<br />
could easily be mistaken for the debut of an edgy but<br />
emotionally restrained new talent.<br />
Johannes Brotherus plays Simo, a fresh-faced teen<br />
whose eyes haven’t yet been hardened by the tough<br />
environment he inhabits. Raised by a single and<br />
unreliable-seeming mother (Anneli Karppinen), he<br />
and brother Ilkka (Jari Virman) are hiding out in their<br />
Helsinki flat. Ilkka’s going to jail on Monday and mum<br />
wants Simo to keep him company while she goes out<br />
on the town. Over the course of the evening the two<br />
go out for drinks, split up, and have encounters with<br />
half-strangers that go badly for both young men.<br />
Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 5.30pm / 96 minutes<br />
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo 2013 Denmark/Finland/Sweden<br />
Writers: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko Saisio<br />
Cast: Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Juhan Ulfsak<br />
Peter Flinckenberg’s black-and-white photography is<br />
as dramatic as the script is restrained, full of creeping<br />
shadows and cracked glass. When the story finally<br />
enters daylight hours, after a night of impulsive bad<br />
decisions, Helsinki is so thick with hazy steam it might<br />
as well be underwater.<br />
John DeFore<br />
The Hollywood Reporter<br />
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